Thomas Ferrers (Knight)

Sir Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth (* around 1438 at Tamworth Castle ; † August 22, 1498 ) was an English knight .

Life

Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth was the eldest son of Thomas Ferrers of Tamworth .

Thomas served as sheriff in Leicestershire 1460–61 and fought for Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York during the Wars of the Roses on December 30, 1460 at the Battle of Wakefield . Thomas Ferrers was awarded the 1461 accolade and was again appointed to the sheriff 1468-69 in Leicestershire.

Sir Thomas Ferrers died on August 22, 1498.

In 1468 he had married Anne Hastings (* 1438), a sister of William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings . The couple had the following offspring:

↑ Sir Thomas Ferrers on thepeerage.com
^ Bernard Burke: A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, London 1866, p. 198.
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Charles Ferrers Palmer: The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth in the Counries of Stafford and Warwick. Jonathan Thompson, London 1845, p. 365.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica Vol. VIII. , John Bowyer, Nicols & Sons, London 1843, p. 341.
↑ ^a ^b ^c T. C. Banks: The Dormant and Extinct baronage of England Vol. I . T. Bensley, London 1807, p. 312.
^ ^A ^b J. Curtis: A Topographical History of the County of Leicester. W. Hextall, London 1831, xxii.
^ ^A ^b Eric Acheson: A Gentry Community, Leicestershire in Fifteen Century. Cambridge University Press 2003, ISBN 978-0-521-52498-8 , p. 117.
^ ^A ^b Towton Battlefield Society
^ ^A ^b Nicholas Harris Nicolas: Testamenta Vetusta Vol. II , Nichols & Son, London 1826, p. 454.

personal data
SURNAME	Ferrers, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ferrers of Tamworth, Sir Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English knight
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1438
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tamworth Castle
DATE OF DEATH	August 22, 1498